Machine for making eaves-troughs.



P. r. PLAGGB. MACHINE FOR MAKING EAVES TROUGHS. APPLICATION FILED MAY 23, 1910.

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APPLICATION FILED MAY 23, 1910- I Patented Nov.17, 1914.

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PHILLIPP F. FLAGGE, 0F MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO MILWAUKEE COB vRUG-A'lING COMPANY, 0F MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, A CORPORATION OF 'WIB` CON SIN.

MACHINE FOR MAKING EAVES-TROUGHS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 17, 1914.

Application led May 23, 1910. Serial No. 562,825.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILLIPP F. FLAGGE, a citizen of the United States., reslding at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented ce1-tam new and useful Improvements in Machines forMaking Eaves-Troughs, of whlch the followin is a specification, reference bemg had to te accompanying drawing, forming a art thereof.

he main objects of this invention are to facilitate and improve the manufacture of shaped sheet metal articles made in lengths, such as eavestroughs, and to improve the construction and operation of machines for ma-king this class of articles.

It consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of 'parts as hereinafter particularly described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings like char` acters designate the same parts in the several figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a machine embodying the invention; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same; Figs. 43, 4 and 5 are enlarged vertical cross sections on the lines 3 3, 4 4 and 5 5, Fig. 1; Fig. 6 is a vertical cross section on the line 6 6, Fig. 7, on a still larger scale, of crimping wheels adapted to form transverse crim s in one edge of lthe trough; Fig. 7 is ap same, the transverse supporting bar being omitted; and Figs. 8 to 16 inclusive, are en# larged cross sectional views showing lthe forms and relative arrangement of theianging, breaking, shaping and beading rolls and illustrating the successive operatlons of the machine in forming eavestrough.

The frame of the machine may consist as shown, of a pair of parallel I-beams or rails 1, supported at suitable intervals by legs 2. At or adjacent to one end of the machine, a pair of feeding rolls 3, a pair of flangmgrolls 4 and a pair of breaking rolls 5, are mounted in standards 6, which are fastened to the rails 1, forming the bed of the machine. At the same end lof the machine a leaf or table 7 is provided, and upon this leaf or table are mounted -two transversely adjustable guides 8 for supporting and directing the advance ends of sheet metal blanks in proper osition to and between the feed rolls 3. T e standards 6 are connected `at the top by a cap plate havan view of the vin Figs. 13 to 16 inclusive,

ing cross pieces 9, on which is mounted between the upper rolls 3 and 4, a guard 10 in position to direct the blanks as they pass from the feed ro-lls 3 between the Hanging rolls 4. Transversely adjustable ides 1l similar to the guides 8 are provided'iloetween the rolls 3 and 4- for directing the blanks sidewise in proper position to be operated upon by the Hanging rolls 4. After the breaking rolls 5, a pair of preliminary shaping rolls 12 is mounted in standards 13 fastened' to lthe bed rails 1. The standards 13 are connected and braced at the top by a yoke or cross piece 14. Following the preliminary shaping rolls 12, a-set of shaping rolls 15, 16 and 17 ismounted in standards 18 on the bed rails 1. The standards 18 are also connected and braced at the top by a o-ke or cross piece 19. l

etween the rolls 5 and 12, transversely adjustable guides 20 are mounted on p rojecting seats formed therefor on the standards 6 and 13, and in like manner, transversely adjustable guides .21 are mountedl the edges of the partially formed blanks.

and to direct them roperly to and between the rolls 12 and tlie rolls 15, 16 and 17. Adjacent to the shaping rolls 15 and 16 on the delivery side thereof, a pair of preliminary beading rolls 22 and 23 is mounted on a transversely adjustable bracket 24 on each sidel of the machine. After the shaping rolls 15, 16 and 17, a series of pairs of correspondingly shaped supporting and'guiding rolls 25 and 26 are mounted in standards 27, which are bolted to the bed rails 1 and connected at the top by yokes or cross pieces 28. i

26 are associated at each end thereof, beading rolls 29, 30, 31 and 32 mounted in trans.

versely adjustable brackets 33. vT hese beading rolls are shaped and arranged as shown to progressively turn a bead on one or both edges of a blan 4as it passes and is held between therolls 25 and 26. After the last pair of rolls 25 and 26, a pair of driven delivery rolls 34 and 35, similar in shape to the rolls 25 and 26, is mounted in standards 36, which are fastened to the bed rails 1 a'nd are connected and braced at the top by a yoke or cross piece 37. At the del1very end of the machine, transversely adjustable guides 38 are mounted on extensions of the standards 36 to give the proper direction to the trough section or other article and to hold it in place as it is discharged from the machine by the delivery rolls 34 and 35. Between the last pair of supporting and guiding rolls 25 and 26 and the delivery rolls 34 and 35,

a pair of transversely adjustable removable crimping wheels 39 is carried by a cross bar 40 in posi-tion to'form transverse stiHening crimps, as shown by Figs. 6 and 7, in one edge of a trough section or other article. As shown in Fig. 6, the wheels 39 are mounted to turn on studs 4l, the reduced threaded stems of which pass through a longitudinal slot in the bar 40 and are clamped a-nd held in place by nuts 42. The wheels 39 are formed or rovided adjacent to their fluted or crimped) peripheries with interengaging gear teeth 43, by which they are compelled to turn together, proper clearance is provided between the crimping teeth of the opposing wheels and the projections of the iuted or crimped face of one are presented opposite the corresponding grooves or depressions in the iiuted or crimped face of the other, as shown in Fig. 7

The rolls are driven and the blanks, trough sections or other articles are fed through and discharged from the machine by the following driving mechanism: A shaft 44 mounted in a bracket 45 on one side of the machine between and parallel with the rolls 3 and 4, is provided with tight and loose pulleys 46, for connecting it by a belt with a pulley on a driving sha-ft. rlhe shaft 44 is provided with a hand wheel 47, for working the machine by hand, and is also provided with a gear 48 which meshes with a gear 49 on the shaft of the lower feed roll 3. On the opposite side of the machine the shafts of the two feed rolls are provided with and connected by gears 50, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The shaft of the upper flanging roll 4 is provided with a gear 51 meshing with a similargear on the shaft of the lower Hanging roll and also with an idle gear 52 which in turn meshes with the gear 50 on the shaft of the upper feed roll 3. On the same side of the machine with the gears 51, the shaft of the lower Hanging roll 4 is providedwith a sprocket wheel 53, which is connected by a link belt as shown in Fig. 2, with a similar sprocket wheel 54 on the shaft of the lower shaping roll 12. The shafts of the ltwo rolls 12 are provided with and connested by gears 55 on the same side of the machine with the sprocket wheel 54. On the opposite side of the machine the shaft of the lower roll 12 is provided with a sprocket wheel 56, which is connected as shown in Fig.` 2, by a link belt with a sprocket wheel mamar 5f? on the shaft of the roll 16. @n the o poslte side of the machine the shafts o the rolls 15 and 16 are provided with and connected by gears 59. The shaft of the roll 16 is also provided on the same side of the machine as the gears 59 with a sprocket wheel 60, which is connected by a link belt w1th a sprocket wheel 6].011 the shaft of the lower delivery roll 35. rllhe shafts of the two delivery rolls 34 and 35 are rovided with and connected by intermes ing gears 62.

To allow for variations in the gage of thc sheet metal from which the trough sections or other articles are made, and to enable the opposing rolls of the several pairs to work properly together, the journals or shafts of the upper rolls are mounted as shown in Figs. 1, 3, 4 and 5, in vertically movable boxes 63, yieldingly pressed downward toward the journals or shafts of the o posing rolls by springs 64, the tension of w ich is regulated by adjusting screws 65.

As shown in Figs. 3 and 8, the upper flangng roll 4 is formed or provided at the ends with peripheral rims or collars 66, which project over the ends of the opposing roll 4 and are adapted to turn a flange down at a sharp or abrupt angle on either edge or both edges of a sheet metal blank passing between them, as shown in Fig. 8, thereby still'ening the blank to facilitate feeding the same to the succeeding rollers and insuring the proper performance of subsequent operations.

As shown in Fig. 9 the breaking rolls 5 are shaped to fit together and to simultane ously form reversely curved longitudinal bends in the side and central portions of the blank and an outwardly and .downwardly inclined plane marginal wing next to the outer bend on either side or each side of the blank. The lower roll is made somewhat shorter than the 4upper roll which overhangs it at the ends to clear the marginal flange or flanges formed on the blank by the rolls 4. The breaking rolls produce longitudinal bends in the blank which not only stiden it so that it can be properly fed without warping or twisting to and between the succeeding rolls, but also break the metal by producing a reverse bend in the central portion of the blank so that it will more readily re` ceive and retain the desired form which is imparted thereto by the succeeding rolls. As shown by Fig. 10, the next pair of rolls 12, or the preliminary shaping rolls, are similarly formed to` the breaking rolls 5, but they are made to further bend the central upcurved portion of the blank and to draw the upcurved side portions closer together, imparting thereto sharper bends or curves of shorter radius, and forming at the junction of the upcurved side portion and the marginal wing on one or each side of the-blank, i band co 'turewith that ofthe marginal bead or beads onding in curvato bey completed by subsequent operations.

Referrin's'to Figs. 4 and 11, the driven shaping ro 15 and 16 are keyed or other- 'wise fastened on lthe shafts 67 and 68, with which vthey turn. Theupper roll 15 is formed with a convex workmg 'face or periphery corresponding in cross section with the final shape which is to be given to the trough .or other article. The lower roll 16 is formed with a concave working' face or periphery fitting the convex central por- -tion of the face or eriphery of the roll-15,

tion.

. Referring; to 12, the preliminary beading rolls y22 are mounted on a proxi. mately vertical axes or axes substantially at right an les to the axes of the rolls 15 and 16, wh' e. the coperating rolls 23 are mounted lon oblique axes. The upper ends of the rolls 22 which are presented to the under side of thelaterally projecting marginal wings on the trough sections as they pass from the rolls 15, 16 and 17 are formed with overhanging heads or rims 70, .having rounded "margins, while the rolls 23 are formed with concave peripheral faces' which fit Aoverthe overhanging heads or rims of the rolls 22 and coperate therewith to give the preliminary bend next to the downturned marginal flanges in the formation of the beads or rolls which are completed by the subsequent rolls 29 to 32 inclusive, cooperating with the associated supporting and guiding rolls 25 and 26. The outwardly projecting shoulders 71 at the sides of the convex faces of the rolls 25 are made progressively narrower, while the opposing rims at the sides of the concave faces of the two last rolls 26 are located at some .distance from said shoulders, as shown in Figs. 13`

to 16 inclusive.

As shown in Figs. 4, 5 and 11 to 16 inclusive, the rounded concave corners or coves in the rolls 17 and at the sidesof the convex faces of the rolls 25, all correspond in curvature with the marginal bead or beads in the formation of which said rolls coperate with the beading rolls; and clearance provided between the opposing upper and lower rolls opposite` and adjacent to said coves, vsuch clearance gradually diminislliling toward the central. portions of the ro s. I I

As shown in Fig. 5, the supporting and guiding rolls 25 and 26 may be loosely -mounted on fixed shafts 72 andprovided mum?? with relation to said rolls.

the Hanging rolls 4 the blan vby Fig. 11.. After the l:with anti-frictionv roller bearings 73. d-

jacent to the iirstthree pairsof rolls -25 and 26, the machine is provided with `guides 74 to direct and hold the work, troughsections orv other articles, in proper posltlon In the operation of the machine for makl i ing eavestrough or the like, if a bead or roll is Ato be formed von one edge only of the trough, and the other ed e is to be crimped to give it the desired sti ness and stabilit the guides 8, 11, 20, 21, 38 and 74, the bea ing-.rolls 22, 23, 29, 30, 31 and 32 and the crilnpingwheels 39 are adjusted as shown in the drawings, particularly by Fig. I2. The fiat sheet metal blanks, which are cut to the required width, are fed between the guides 8 to the feed rolls 3, which force them forward underneath the guard l10 and between theguides l1 to the driven Hanging'v rolls 4, which turn a ange down on one edge thereof, as shown by Fi 8. From `pass between the breaking rolls 5 by which the central and side portions are bent upwardly, and an outwardly and downwardly inclined wing is formed on the flanged side of the blanks, as shown` by Fig. 9. From the rolls 5 the blanks pass between the guides 20 by which they are directed to and between the rolls 12. The rolls 12 as shown by Fig. 10, further depress the central portion of the tially formed. trough sections pass between the guides 21 and are directed thereby to the shaping rolls 15, 16 and 17. These rolls bend the upturned middle portions of the sections down into their final concave shape, reversing the inner upward bends previously imparted thereto by the rolls 5 and 12. The rim 69 on one side of the roll 16 coperating with the opposing roll 17, bends. the anged wing on that sid-e of the trough seotion up to a horizontal position, as shown trough sections have been bent by the rolls 15, 16 and 17 from the shape imparted thereto by the rolls 12, shown in Fig. 10, into the shape shown by Fig. 11, the upcurved sides tend to approachy blanks, imparting sharper bends or curves I each other and thus maintain the desired shape of the trough rather than to spread as they would if the upward bend were not given to the central portion of the blanksA by the preliminary operations of the rolls 5 and 12 before attempting to impart the final shape thereto by the rollers-15, 16' and 17. Passing from therolls 15, 16 and 17 the preliminary bend -forforming the bead `on the flanged edge of the blank is pro- .duced by the beading rolls 22 and 23, as

shown by Fig. 12. The bead or roll is then -graduallyf turned as the blank passes,and is elle held between the supporting and guiding rolls 25 and 26 by the rolls Q9, 30, 31 and 32 operating successively thereon, as shown by vFigs. 13 to 16 inclusive. The edges of the trough sections or other articles opposite the beads turned thereon, as above explained, passing between the wheels 39, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7,- aretransversely crimped and stiffcned thereby.

rllhe trough sections or other similar articles formed on this machine as hereinbefore explained, do not tend to spread or open up or to twist and warp, but permanently maintain their shape, and in this respect are superior to trough or similar articles as usually made heretofore by hand, or by such machines or tools as have hitherto .been used for the purpose.

When the machine is adjusted for forming a bead or roll on one edge only of the trough sections or other articles, the beading rolls on the opposite side of the machine are inactive, but when beads or rolls are formed on both edges, both sets of beading rolls are brought into action, the guides being adjusted so that the edges of the blanks or sections passing between the rolls i will be flanged on both edges, and subsequently passing between the breaking, shaping and guiding rolls, will project at both ends thereof so as to be acted on by both sets of beading rolls.

`While for the purpose of illustration and l explanation, a. machine particularly designed for the manufacture of eavestrough has been shown and described, by changes which will be apparent to those skilled in the art, the essential characteristics of the invention may be embodied in machines for making other similar articles from sheet metal.

l claim:

l. ln a machine for making eavestrough and the like, the combination of breaking rolls having interlitting convex and concave portions and conical end portions adapted to simultaneously form in a sheet metal blank upwardly curved side portions with an upwardly bent intermediate bottom portion and an` outwardly and downwardly inclined plane marginal wing, and shaping rolls having intertitting convex and concave portions and cylindrical end portions adapted to bend the upwardly bent intermediate bottom portion of the blank downward into nnal shape and to simultaneously bend the wing upwardly into a horizontal plane.

2. ln a machine for making eavestrough and the like, the combination of breaking rolls having interfitting convex and concave middle portions and conical end portions adapted to simultaneously form in a sheet metal blank upwardly curved side portions with an upwardly bent intermediate bottom portion and outwardly and downwardly in- :mirava clined planel marginal wings, and shaping rolls having interfitting convex and concave middle portions and cylindrical end por tions adapted to bend the upwardly bent intermediate bottom portion of the blank in the reverse direction into final shape and to simultaneousl bend the wings upwardly into a horizonta plane.

3. In a machine for making eavestrough and the like, the combination of Hanging rolls adapted to turn a stidening flange at an abrupt angle on a longitudinal edge of the blank, breaking rolls adapted to simultaneously form in the side and central portions of the flanged blank reversely curved bends, shaping rolls adapted to bend the central portion of the blank in the reverse direction into its final form, said. breaking and shaping rolls being adapted to form a plane outwardly projecting wing between the lianged edge and curved portion of the blank, a series of pairs of opposing convex and concave supporting and guiding rolls, the concave rolls having outturned shoulders at one side of their concave faces, and beading rolls mounted on axes transverse to the axes of said supporting andguiding rolls and having concave peripheries presented toward and working with the supporting and guiding rolls where they come together.

et. In a machine for making eavestrough and the like, the combination of shaping rolls adapted to bend the body ofthe blank into the desired form, a series of pairs of correspondingly shaped interfitting concave and convex guiding and supporting rolls, the convex rolls having outwardly projecting and progressively narrowing shoulders at the base of their convex faces and a series of beading rolls arranged with their peripheries toward and adjacent to the meeting faces of said guiding and supporting rolls with which they coperate to progressively turn a bead on one edge of the article.

ln a machine for making eavestrough and the like, the combination of shaping rolls comprising a concave roll formed integrally with an outturned cylindrical rim having a rounded convex corner merging with the concave `face of said roll, a convex roll fitting into the concave roll, and an independently revoluble roll coaxial with the convex roll and" formed with a cylindrical face and roundedooncave corner merging with the convex face of said convex roll, the cylindrical rim of the concave roll coperating with the cylindrical face of the independently revoluble roll and clearance being provided between the rounded convex corner of the concave roll and the opposing rounded concave corner of the independently revoluble roll.

6. ln a machine for making'eavestrough andfh 1 i`ke,`; the combination of sha ing rol1seomprisin va concave roll' forme .in eac side of its concave. face 'with an ;.i i utturnedA cyllndrical rim having a.

7. In a machine for making eavestrough and the like,

the combination of breaking rolls adapted to -simultaneously form in the side and central portions of thel blank reversely curved bends, shaping rolls adapted to bend the central portion of the blank in the reverse direction and to form an outturned wing on one side thereof, a series of pairs of convex and concave supporting and guiding rolls, the convex rolls vhaving outturned shoulders next to their convex faces and of progressively decreasing width toward the delivery end of the machine, and a series of beading rolls havin concave peripheries presented toward an working with the supporting and guiding rolls where they come together to gradually turn the wing on the adjacent side of the blank into a bead.

8. In a machine for making eavestrough and the like, the combination of a pair of driven feed rolls, a pair of Hanging rolls adapted to turn a 'stiffening ange at an abrupt angle on a longitudinal edge of the blank, a pair of breaking Arolls having interfttlng convex, concave and conical working faces adapted to simultaneously form 1n the side and central portions of the blank re.

versely curved bends and an outwardly and downwardly inclined plane wing next to the Banged edge of the blank, and opposing shaping rolls having interlitting convex and concave faces `and cylindrical faces next to their convex and concave faces adapted to bend the central portion of the blank in the reverse direction vinto final shape and the wing upwardly into a horizontal plane.

9. In. a machine for making eavestrough and the like, the combination of a pair of Hanging rolls adapted to turn a st ilening flange at an abrupt angle on a longitudinal edge of the blank, opposing shaping rolls mounted -on parallel axes and adapted to bend the body of the blank into the desired form and to guide and hold the same in position during the formation thereon of a rolled marginal beadg-.and a pair ofoppom ing beading rolls adapted to glvega. pr-

liminary bend to the ang'ed ed eof ther blank in theformation of the ad,: one mounted on an axis substantially at rightangles to thee axis of the shaping rolls andf having at its upper Vend an. overhanging.

rounded rim. and the other mounted on-an axis'oblique to the axes of the shaping rolls `and having a concave periphery fitting and extending over the rounded'. rim

of theop# posing beading roll.

10. In a machine for making.eavestrougih- --concave roll and independently revoluble rolls coaxial with the convex roll and having cylindrical peripheries presented toward and coperating with vthe rims or shoulders of the concave roll, 'a sexies of pairs of correspondingly shaped interfitting concave and convex guidin and supporting rolls, the convex guiding an supporting rolls having outwardly projecting and progressively narrowing shoulders at the baseof their convex faces; and beading rolls mounteddadjacent to the several pairs of guiding an thereto and coperating therewith to progressively turn a roll or bead on the blank as it is held and passes between said guiding and supporting rolls.

1l. In a machine for making eavestrough and the like, the combination of a series of supporting rolls on axes transverse pairs of interfitting concave and convex .of their convex faces, and a series of concave beading rolls arranged adjacent to the ends and opposing working faces of the several pairs of guiding and supporting rolls on axes transverse to and adjustable toward and from them.

12. In a machine for making eavestrough and the like, the combination of a series of pairs of correspondingly shaped interfitting concave lvand convex guiding and supporting rolls-having their axes parallel with one another, the convex rolls having out'- wardly projecting and progressively narrowing shoulders at the base of their convex faces, and a series of beading rolls having concave peripheries presented to and rogressively approaching toward the delivery end of the machine the ends and opposing working faces of said guiding and supporting rolls and mounted on axes transverse to and adjustable lengthwise of said guiding and supporting rolls. v

13. In a machine for making eavestrough and the like, the combination of a pair of iso Hanging rolls adapted to turn a ilange on a longitudinal edge of the blank, a pair of breaking rolls and a pair of preliminary shaping rolls adapted to form the up- 5 wardly curved sides of the trough with an llt intermediate upwardly bent bottom and a downwardly and outwardly inclined wing on the Banged side of the blank, a pair of shaping rolls adapted to simultaneously bend the ini'ddle portion of the trough downward and draw its curved sides toward each other into their final shape and to bend the lateral wing upward into a substantially horizontal plane, a seriesn of pairs of convex and concave supporting rolls, the

convex rolls having outwardly progecting PHllLLlPP F. FLGGE. VVitneSses CHAS. L. Goss, Geo. Wasn Jr., 

